Mödlingbach

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Mödlingbach
The mouth of the Wiener Neustädter Canal (from the right) into the Mödlingbach

The mouth of the Wiener Neustädter Canal (from the right) into the Mödlingbach

Data
location Lower Austria
River system Danube
Drain over Schwechat  → Danube  → Black Sea
source at Winkelberg in the Vienna Woods
48 ° 6 ′ 55 ″  N , 16 ° 7 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height 505  m above sea level A.
muzzle in Achau in the Schwechat coordinates: 48 ° 4 '52 "  N , 16 ° 23' 57"  E 48 ° 4 '52 "  N , 16 ° 23' 57"  E
Mouth height 172  m above sea level A.
Height difference 333 m
Bottom slope 13 ‰
length 26 km
Catchment area 165.4 km²
Left tributaries Sparbach, Weissenbach, Krottenbach
Right tributaries Marbach, Wiener Neustädter Canal
Small towns Mödling
Communities Wienerwald , Gaaden , Hinterbrühl , Wiener Neudorf , Biedermannsdorf , Achau

The Mödlingbach (more rarely just called Mödling ) is a river in the Lower Austrian industrial district and is a left feeder to the Schwechat . Over its entire course it has a flux ordinal number of 3 after the radiator .

course

The Mödlingbach rises on the Winkelberg at an altitude of 505  m above sea level. A. at the Wöglerin in the Wienerwald community and flows into the Schwechat in Achau . Its catchment area in the Vienna Woods is approximately 73 km².

On old maps it is still referred to as Mödlinger Wildbach , as it repeatedly caused numerous floods in the upper course of the Vienna Woods due to higher amounts of precipitation . In the 18th century it is also mentioned as Nonnenbach . Today the Nonnenwiese between Gaaden and Hinterbrühl along the creek still reminds of it. However, due to numerous regulations in the 19th and 20th centuries, these floods were shifted to the flat area of the Mödling district . In the city of Mödling , regulation began to be dismantled in the 1990s. The project, which has not yet been completed, is also supported with an educational trail.

The most important feeders are the right-hand tributary Marbach below Sittendorf and the left-hand tributaries of the Sparbach through the village of Sparbach and the Weissenbach through the village of Weissenbach and Wassergspreng . The Wiener Neustädter Canal has ended in Biedermannsdorf since the early 1970s and flows into the Mödlingbach from the right.

The Mödlingbach has been of great economic importance for the region for a long time, as numerous mills have settled along its course. In addition to grinding grain, these mills also had to drive other trades such as sawmills and plaster mills , but also textile companies. The groundwater from the Seegrotte , which has to be pumped off daily , is channeled into the Mödlingbach near Hinterbrühl .

The floods of the Mödling – Hinterbrühl local railway , which ran through the narrow valley close to the shore, made work in the Klausen . In 1900 the embankment walls in the vicinity of the Klausen train station were severely destroyed, so that extensive repair work was necessary in order to be able to resume operations.

In 1904, after a flood disaster, the Mödlingbach within the city of Mödling was regulated according to the state of the art at the time. According to the Water Framework Directive , these regulations will be dismantled beginning in 2003 and flood security will continue to be maintained.

Problems are caused by the beavers who have since returned to the country as a result of the renaturation and , on the one hand, they are seen as welcome, on the other hand they are building dams again.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BMLFUW (Hrsg.): Area directory of the river areas: Danube area from the Enns to the Leitha. In: Contributions to Austria's Hydrography Issue 62, Vienna 2014, p. 117. PDF download , accessed on July 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Kurt Janetschek: Hinterbrühl in the course of time , Marktgemeinde Hinterbrühl, 1983
  3. ^ Gregor Gatscher-Riedl: Railways in the south of Vienna , Kral Verlag p. 94, ISBN 9783990243039
  4. ↑ Beaver should go again , in the NÖN , Mödling issue 10/2018, p. 9

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